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...buccaneers were gone from the Caribbean; the corsairs of Barbary had long since walked the plank; but the Jolly Roger had not been furled for good...
...woman in the audience asked him, "What you got in there-dirty pictures?" After that, the Flames started looking for a new third. Two years ago, they found a bearded West Indian named Tiger Haynes ("he's a frantic guy"), and stole him from a trio called Plink, Plank and Plunk...
...warmed P.C.A. leaders. Now, through the shimmering heat, they saw "a mounting tide of popular opposition to the policies and leadership of both political parties." A new party might be necessary, they decided, to give the voters "a clear choice between progressive and reactionary candidates for President." Main economic plank in their program: the nationalization of coal mines, railroads, and electric power...
...oldtime boatbuilders with a completely new postwar line was the Richardson Boat Co., Inc. of Tonawanda, N.Y. Instead of the traditional frame-and-plank construction, Richardson was showing 25-ft. cabin cruisers of molded mahogany plywood (price: $4,500 & up). Less conventional and less expensive (under $4,000) was the 26-ft. Steelcraft, an all-steel, welded hull cabin cruiser made by West Haven, Conn.'s Churchward...
First he decided that a useful death ray would have to 1) burn a half-inch hole in a four-inch plank in five seconds; 2) burn a six-inch live tree two miles away in three minutes; 3) kill small animals at 5,000 feet in three seconds. Reason: anything milder would not be valuable militarily...